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LAPD Responds To Car Show In Downtown Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles Police Department Thursday responded to a large car show in downtown Los Angeles.

DTLA Car Show
LAPD Thursday responded to reports of a car show and possible street racing in downtown Los Angeles. CBSLA)

According to the department, the meet-up was reported at about 8:15 p.m. It was also reported that cars were racing on surface streets in the area as dozens of pedestrians watched.

Video from Sky 9 showed several hundred cares and people taking over a parking structure near the intersection of 8th and Olive streets.

Traffic in the area was gridlocked for several blocks in all directions.

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